... use them ? It seems tobe difficult to persuade the poor to use them, andto ensure that those who have been persuaded continue to use them The problem seems tobe one of priorities andof marketing ... factors, and The quality and irregularity of water supply is disas- 1.3.2 SAFE WATER IS A COMPLEX ISSUE trous for the poor : even in many cities with piped water 19 Dynamics of water markets and ... could commit its effectiveness There is a positive attitude towards the method but in many cases this attitude can be in conflict with the practice of boiling water " If SODIS is so simple and so...
... person When it s not tomy benefit tobe shy, I try my best to stretch myself out ofmy comfort zone and attempt to display the behaviors that I so deeply wish were natural At times, being shy ... opportunity Don’t demand that he process this entire situation on the spot Even with your best of intentions of handling this situation with kid gloves, the offender may need some time to wrap his ... accomplish? When isit due? Write it down, and set a date You want to kiss in the rain? Put it on your list You want to learn to drive a stick shift? Put it on the list You want tobe able to speak...
... mind’s ability to function and reason, it s a lot easier to relate to your spirit and not have to concern myself with trying to relate to what is on your tape If your tape is very positive, you ... others and admit it, I take my hat off to you because you are at least being true to yourself Without being true to yourself, the Daily Affirmation will only be eight hollow words without meaning to ... its own sake Life is no brief candle to me Itis a sort of splendid torch which I have got to hold up for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to...
... ingredients of the story are as follows Tull was confronted with a problem and dissatisfied with the existing solutions toit Suddenly a spark jumped between the problem and his knowledge of another ... with something quite different Then you realize it isn’t such a bad thing after all That was Pooh’s way and that’s how we’ve done this.’ With hindsight itis often easier to see the effects of ... rubber chemically to give it such useful properties as strength and stability, but without success One day as he was mixing rubber with sulphur he spilt some of the mixture on to the top of a...
... U.S Office of Minority Health offers the following definition of cultural and linguistic competence in the provision of health care:3 Cultural and linguistic competence is a set of congruent behaviors, ... Bibliography of Print and Web-Based Health Materials for Use with Limited-Literacy Adults, 1999 and Literacy: A Guide to Health Education Materials for Adults with Limited English Literacy Skills, ... Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults uses hospital materials to test reading comprehension and numerical skills It takes 20-25 minutes to administer Itis available in Spanish and English.6,7...
... ingredients of the story are as follows Tull was confronted with a problem and dissatisfied with the existing solutions toit Suddenly a spark jumped between the problem and his knowledge of another ... with something quite different Then you realize it isn’t such a bad thing after all That was Pooh’s way and that’s how we’ve done this.’ With hindsight itis often easier to see the effects of ... rubber chemically to give it such useful properties as strength and stability, but without success One day as he was mixing rubber with sulphur he spilt some of the mixture on to the top of a...
... anything out of nothing Once, a distinguished visitor to Henry Ford’s auto plants met him after an exhaustive tour of the factory The visitor was lost in wonder and admiration It seems almost ... but is as gentle with children as a white rabbit What you are tending to do, consciously or subconsciously, isto borrow characteristics from the animals you know There is nothing wrong with ... he told the industrialist, ‘that a man, starting 25 years ago with practically nothing, could accomplish all this.’ Ford replied, ‘But that’s hardly correct Every man starts withall there is...
... ingredients of the story are as follows Tull was confronted with a problem and dissatisfied with the existing solutions toit Suddenly a spark jumped between the problem and his knowledge of another technology ... with something quite different Then you realize it isn’t such a bad thing after all That was Pooh’s way and that’s how we’ve done this.’ With hindsight itis often easier to see the effects of ... rubber chemically to give it such useful properties as strength and stability, but without success One day as he was mixing rubber with sulphur he spilt some of the mixture on to the top of a...
... cannot help but be in awe when one contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvellous structure of reality Itis enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery every ... much of a help if you want tobe an inventor – and that’s all I ever wanted.’ One of the prime aims of education, it could be argued, isto develop such an inquisitive mind ‘The whole art of teaching,’ ... his role as an observer of human nature: ‘You’ve got to like human beings, andbe very curious,’ he says, otherwise he doesn’t think itis possible to write fiction Of course, curiosity in this...
... words of Francis Clifford, writer of 15 novels, apply toall books likely tobe useful to a creative thinker ‘A writer’s task’, he said, is not to spell everything out Itis really to imply and ... questions.’ Never miss a chance to shut up The word listen contains the same letters as the word silent Itis the province of knowledge to speak, anditis the province of wisdom to listen’, said ... Your priority must always beto achieve a grasp of the nature and significance of what is being said to you Ask questions to elicit the full meaning Understanding comes before evaluation Listen for...
... my mind, andit has grown Nearly always it has something towith what eventually will be the mid-point of a novel or a short story, and sometimes the growth is towards the end and sometimes towards ... to see these profound words inscribed on the threshold ofall the temples of science: “The greatest derangement of the mind isto believe in something because one wishes ittobe so.” ’ Getting ... pouring out and the material is transformed into a different protoplasm, without the jellyfish consciously doing anything about it until his existence ends with an abrupt change of analogy In my own...
... Inspiration to start work without tarrying for inspiration andto keep at it day in and day out You also need a peculiar kind of sensitivity, as if you were standing still and waiting, prepared and ready ... cylinder with steam and then cooling itwith a jet of water This cooling action condensed the steam and formed a vacuum behind the piston, which the pressure of the atmosphere then forced to move ... something of a different quality and degree Who is the giver? How is the gift given? What is its nature? How isit best preserved? Can itbe lost? Do not wait for inspiration or you will wait for...
... it The latter tend to value analysis and criticism above originality and innovative thinking Neither praise nor blame is the object of true criticism Justly to discriminate, firmly to establish, ... From the myriads of possible combinations, moreover, we have to select according to different criteria according to our field Isit simple? Isit true? Isit beautiful? Isit useful? Isit practicable? ... to establish, wisely to prescribe and honestly tobe aware – these are the true aims and duties of criticism To find fault is easy; to better may be difficult Plutarch 92 Art of Creative Thinking...
... writing of it, when all seems hopeless and I am driven to desperation by the thought that I have lost my touch as a story-teller, will never be able toit again Blank despair is matched by excitement, ... course it would But if I did that, then there would be no fun in writing itAnd if the writer is bored, then the reader will be even more bored The story must grow, naturally andof its own volition ... fearful as to what the outcome is going to be: not knowing whether or not it will come off There is tension When it stands up and salutes your mind, when itis over and you contemplate it, then...
... friendly and positive attitude to your Depth Mind? Do you expect itto work for you? Where possible, you build into your plans time to ‘sleep on it , so as to give your Depth Mind an opportunity to ... Index creativity 5–8, 109–14 as combination of ideas background knowledge for and criticism 90–92 and emotion 70 and hostile environments 90–91 and writing 111–12 criticism 90–92 curiosity 32, 33–37, ... 101 and freedom 88 latent powers of 17 and silence/solitude 80 and social climates 92 and walking 79–80 creative thinking and creativity 109–14 and judgement 110–11 key points for 114 and novelists...
... militants, and this a key factor for enabling the DICs to operate without a hitch in all the places The trained staff members, utilization of standardized protocols by the medical doctors and ... advocated with policy makers and health professionals Within a short span of time, all DICs have recruited opioid users without the active help of the outreach workers and inducted them into OST ... month of October 2006 The methods of evaluation included personal visits to the DICs for observation, in-depth interviews with the staff of the DICs and focus group discussions (FGDs) with the...
... input to each algorithm is a discourse transcription labeled with prosodic phrases In addition, for the NP algorithm, noun phrases need tobe labeled with anaphoric relations The pause algorithm ... min=.04), fallout is 53% (a=.006) and error is 50% (~=.005) While recall is quite comparable to human performance (row of the table), the precision is low while fallout and error are quite high Precision, ... the total number of subjects assigning a boundary at the jth site, is randomly distributed Where the row totals are ui, the column totals are Tj, and the average column total is T, the statistic...